TRADING STATEMENT AND YEAR END RESULTS PRESENTATION Eqstra Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1998/011672/06) Share code: EQS, EQS1, EQS2, EQS4 ISIN: ZAE000117123 (“Eqstra” or “the group”) TRADING STATEMENT AND YEAR END RESULTS PRESENTATION In compliance with the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, issuers are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they are satisfied, with a reasonable degree of certainty that the financial results for the period to be reported on will differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding reporting period. Shareholders are advised that the group anticipates earnings per share (EPS) to increase by between 20% and 30% and headline earnings per share (HEPS) to decrease between 1% and 7% for the year ended 30 June 2012 when comparing continuing operations to non-restated HEPS and EPS as reported at 30 June 2011. Restatement of prior period’s EPS and HEPS In addition, shareholders are advised that the corresponding period’s EPS and HEPS of 71.5 cents per share and 77.9 cents per share, respectively, have been restated in terms of IFRS5: Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations to 66.3 cents per share and 72.6 cents per share respectively for continuing operations. A portion of the Construction and Mining Equipment Distributorship division has been classified as discontinued operations, as a result of the sale of the Eqstra Mining Services business unit and the termination of a distribution agreement. Audit review The financial information, on which this trading statement is based, has not been reviewed and reported on by Eqstra’s external auditors. The statement is based on financial information available at the time of this publication. Results presentation Eqstra’s year end results will be released on SENS on 21 August 2012. The group will be updating the market on its business in a presentation in Johannesburg on the same day, which will also be webcast on www.eqstra.co.za, and in Cape Town on 22 August 2012. The presentation and dial-in codes will be available on 21 August 2012 for all stakeholders on the group’s website www.eqstra.co.za Kempton Park 6 August 2012 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 06/08/2012 11:03:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.